Intel is taking a massive bet against OpenAI and ChatGPT by investing massively in Stability AI, one of OpenAI's biggest rivals. Intel is also supplying Stability with an AI supercomputer that uses high-end Xeon processors, with over 4,000 Gaudi2 AI processors
It’s a distinction only legally.
At 49% ownership and being 100x the value of Open AI that is effectively the same as full control. Open AI cannot blink without Microsoft getting right of first refusal.